Shadows

Harry's POV
I wake up the next morning and kick out the girl, I think her name was Susan. She tells me to call her. Like that will ever happen. I walk in the kitchen and am surprised to see my mum standing at the counter with a cup of coffee in her hands.
"Hey mum," I say and kiss her on the cheek.
"They found Catherine last night," she says hollowly.
"That's great news mum! And that explains all the police cars," I say happily. It's about time they found Catherine. She's been missing for three months and it's been all over the news the entire time. Her family was convinced she was kidnapped but I think she just ran away, that sounds more like Catherine. I guess she finally came home.
"They found her body Harold, she's dead," mum says sadly.
Oh.
"So were you over there last night?" I ask.
"Yes, Jessica was a wreck and Paul could barely keep himself upright," she says and shakes her head. "It's awful."
"I'm sorry to hear that," I mumble and sit at the counter. I feel like this conversation is going to last a while.
"I'm going to be over there a lot for the next few days, so you're going to have to take care of yourself," she says and looks at me.
"I understand mum," I say and nod my head.
"And be nice to Annalise, she's going through a lot right now," she says sternly.
I freeze at the name Annalise. I haven't spoken a direct word to her since she moved here six years ago.
"Uh alright," I say gruffly.
"I only saw her once last night, and it was barely even a glimpse as she was going upstairs," mum explains even though I didn't ask her to.
Annalise is nothing like her sister. They were polar opposites. Catherine was cool and went to parties, Annalise stayed home every Friday night. Catherine and I weren't exactly friends but she was cool, I saw her at some parties I went to. Annalise however... Well she's a nerd. And she can't talk to people. She's painfully awkward. She's pretty, but that doesn't make up for it. She will never be cool and I've made a few jokes at her expense.
"Well I'm sorry to hear the news, but I've got to get going or I'm going to be late," I mutter and rush outside to my car.
Out of the corner of my eye I see Annalise getting into her car as well. She's actually going to school, after her sister was found dead. See, nerd.
I pull out of my driveway and she practically hits me as I drive past her house.
I speed the way to school even though there's no way I'm going to be late. I pull into the parking lot and to my dismay, Annalise parks right next to me. I watch as she climbs out of her car, her hair blowing in the wind. Her eyes aren't puffy or red, she's not dressed in all black, nothing seems to be wrong with her.
She looks up and our eyes meet. I look away quickly and climb out of my car.
"Morning Harry," she says and walks into school without another word.
I slam shut my door and race to catch up to her. "I'm uh sorry to hear about Catherine."
She looks at me and squints her eyes in disbelief. "Me too."
"Uh yeah," I mutter before walking over to where I see Louis and Zayn.
"Have a nice day," she says and I sense a bit of sarcasm.
"Whatever Annalise, I was just trying to be nice but I guess you're too much of a bitch to understand that," I call over my shoulder. I wait for her response but when none comes I kind of feel bad. Her sister did just die... I turn around but she isn't there. Whatever.
"Why in the world were you talking to her?" Louis asks me as I approach them.
"My mum told me to be nice to her, but she's too much of a bitch to accept it so I've done my part," I explain and shrug my shoulders.
"Why do you have to be nice to her?" Zayn asks.
"Catherine was found dead last night," I say.
"No way, I thought she just ran away!" Louis exclaims and a few people look over at us curiously.
"I guess not," I say and shrug my shoulders. "It's a shame, she was definitely the hot sister."
I don't know why I even said that. I know it's a horrible thing to say. I say horrible things all the time now and I don't know why. It's like I can't stop myself.
"Very true," Zayn says in agreement. The bell rings and we all make our way into school.

Annalise's POV
My fingers tap on the desk as I try to pay attention to the lecture. No matter how hard i try to focus, my mind keeps taking me elsewhere. I keep thinking about Catherine.

Flashback
"Hey Lise, I need to use your window again," Catherine's voice whispers from my doorway. I sit up in bed and see her standing in the doorway, her hair pulled into a high ponytail and a tight black dress barely concealing her body.
"You've been going out a lot more than usual," I observe and she makes her way over to my window.
"I know," she says and smiles to herself.
"What's his name?" I ask and she grins.
"That's privileged info baby sis," she says and winks.
I roll my eyes. "Use protection big sis."
"Always," she scoffs and slide out the window into the dark night.
End of flashback

I rest my head in my hand and stare blankly at the teacher.
"Annalise," he says softly.
"What?" I ask.
"Would you like to go to the nurse?" He asks gently. Why would I want to go to the nurse.
"No," I say and he goes back to teaching. Everyone is treating me like I'm going to break at any second. And I guess I might.

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